A/N: bleh, I so wanted to post the next part of the story for chapter 10 but it's been a lot harder to write than I thought it would be! After scrapping what I had and starting fresh it's almost ready though. I still hope to finish it and post it today. This piece is kinda important, however. It should actually appear sooner in the story but I didn't realize just HOW important it was until I was fleshing out the story for my husband and getting a better feel for it myself. Oh well, maybe when the story is finished I'll go back and remix the chapters slightly so they make more sense chronologically.
All for nothing.It had all been for nothing.
He had failed.
Failed to confront the
maker of the items,
Failed to defeat his
arrogant son,
Failed to carry out any
sort of revenge after three thousand years of waiting.
Ra, and they hadn't
even known about how the items were created.
Didn't know the
item's evil.
Didn't know about the
slaughtered village.
Or the child who
watched his family die.
And was left alone.
Years of planning,
Waiting,
Comforting himself with
thoughts of revenge,
All for nothing.
Bakura shivered in the
dark.
It was over,
He had lost.
He watched the shadows slowly gather.
Empty.
His life had been
empty.
Two lifetimes and he
had nothing to show for them.
He hadn't gotten his
revenge.
Hadn't made anyone
suffer.
Not like he had.
Not like he wanted them
to.
Now here it was the
end,
And he was left with
nothing.
It's not fair.
I never had a chance.
No one to love me
No one to want me
I should have died in
that village.
Should have just died
along with everyone else.
The shadows thickened,
Preparing to claim
their prize.
To claim the soul of
the one who dared loose.
This one had lost.
They would make him
know the consequences of such folly.
The shadows pulsed in
anticipation.
Taunted their pray a
moment more.
Then rushed forward.
Ripping
Tearing
Slicing
Shattering
Pain
Then nothing
Ryou screamed.